GCP Overprivileged Bindings
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from kittysploit import *
from lib.post.gcp import GcpPostMixin
class Module(Post, GcpPostMixin):
__info__ = {
"name": "GCP Overprivileged Bindings",
"description": "Find overprivileged IAM bindings: primitive roles, public principals, and broad group grants",
"author": "KittySploit Team",
"version": "1.0.0",
"session_type": SessionType.GCP_API,
"tags": ["gcp", "iam", "overprivileged", "cloud"],
"references": [
"https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles",
"https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/",
],
'agent': {
'risk': 'intrusive',
'effects': ['api_request'],
'expected_requests': 4,
'reversible': False,
'approval_required': True,
'produces': ['risk_signals'],
'cost': 1.5,
'noise': 0.5,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False},
'chain': {'produces_capabilities': [],
'consumes_capabilities': ['shell'],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': []},
},
}
check_primitive_roles = OptBool(True, "Flag Owner/Editor/Viewer and IAM admin roles", False)
check_public_members = OptBool(True, "Flag allUsers/allAuthenticatedUsers bindings", False)
check_domain_wide = OptBool(True, "Flag domain-wide principal grants", False)
check_service_account_owner = OptBool(True, "Flag primitive roles on service accounts", False)
min_members = OptString("3", "Minimum members on a primitive role to flag as broad grant", False)
export_json = OptString("", "Optional JSON output file", False)
verbose = OptBool(False, "Show all members for each finding", False)
def run(self):
try:
print_info("Starting GCP overprivileged binding analysis...")
project_id = self._gcp_project_id()
principal = self._gcp_client_email()
print_info(f"Project: {project_id or 'unknown'}")
if principal:
print_info(f"Principal: {principal}")
print_info("=" * 80)
bindings = self._gcp_iam_bindings()
if not bindings:
print_warning("Could not read project IAM policy bindings")
return False
min_count = self._gcp_to_int(self.min_members, 3)
findings = {
"project_id": project_id,
"primitive_bindings": [],
"public_bindings": [],
"domain_bindings": [],
"service_account_primitive": [],
}
if self.check_primitive_roles:
findings["primitive_bindings"] = self._primitive_bindings(bindings, min_count)
if self.check_public_members:
findings["public_bindings"] = self._gcp_public_bindings(bindings)
if self.check_domain_wide:
findings["domain_bindings"] = self._domain_bindings(bindings)
if self.check_service_account_owner:
findings["service_account_primitive"] = self._service_account_primitive(bindings)
self._print_findings(findings)
exported = self._gcp_export_json(self.export_json, findings) if self.export_json else ""
if exported:
print_success(f"Results exported to {exported}")
return True
except Exception as exc:
print_error(f"Error during GCP overprivileged binding analysis: {exc}")
return False
def _primitive_bindings(self, bindings, min_count):
findings = []
for binding in bindings:
role = binding.get("role", "")
if not self._gcp_is_primitive_role(role):
continue
members = list(binding.get("members") or [])
if len(members) < min_count:
continue
findings.append(
{
"role": role,
"member_count": len(members),
"members": members if self.verbose else members[:8],
}
)
return findings
def _domain_bindings(self, bindings):
findings = []
for binding in bindings:
domain_members = [m for m in binding.get("members") or [] if str(m).startswith("domain:")]
if domain_members:
findings.append({"role": binding.get("role", ""), "members": domain_members})
return findings
def _service_account_primitive(self, bindings):
findings = []
for binding in bindings:
role = binding.get("role", "")
if not self._gcp_is_primitive_role(role):
continue
sa_members = [m for m in binding.get("members") or [] if str(m).startswith("serviceAccount:")]
if sa_members:
findings.append({"role": role, "members": sa_members})
return findings
def _print_findings(self, findings):
primitive = findings.get("primitive_bindings") or []
print_status("Broad primitive role grants")
if primitive:
print_error(f"Found {len(primitive)} broad primitive binding group(s)")
for item in primitive[:12]:
print_warning(f" {item['role']}: {item['member_count']} member(s)")
else:
print_success("No broad primitive role grants meeting threshold")
public = findings.get("public_bindings") or []
print_status("Public IAM bindings")
if public:
print_error(f"Found {len(public)} public binding group(s)")
for item in public:
print_warning(f" {item['role']}: {', '.join(item['members'])}")
else:
print_success("No allUsers/allAuthenticatedUsers project bindings")
domain = findings.get("domain_bindings") or []
if domain:
print_warning(f"Found {len(domain)} domain-wide binding group(s)")
sa_prim = findings.get("service_account_primitive") or []
print_status("Primitive roles on service accounts")
if sa_prim:
print_error(f"Found {len(sa_prim)} primitive service-account binding group(s)")
else:
print_success("No primitive roles bound directly to service accounts")
total = sum(len(findings.get(key) or []) for key in (
"primitive_bindings", "public_bindings", "domain_bindings", "service_account_primitive"
))
print_info("=" * 80)
if total == 0:
print_success("No overprivileged binding patterns detected")
else:
print_warning(f"Total overprivileged binding groups: {total}")
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